RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: 1991-1998
Compilation: Andrew Andersen, 1998
(With the Emphasis on RFE)
Period: 1991 –1998
1991
16/05
An Agreement signed re.new demarcation of Soviet-Chinese border
(Eastern sector)signed in Moscow.It includes exchange
of several lots of territory.
The agreement passed the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR (since 09/91 RF)
27/12
Mainland China recognized RF
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1992
Important events:
1. In 1992 the International Council on Sattelites Watching the
Earth was created.
Participants:
2. Established direct contacts between Superior Courts of RF and
M.China.
3. Contract between administratuion of Kirin province and
31/01
President Boris Yeltsin met the Chairman of the State Council
of Mainland China Lee Peng
February
200 Military pilots from
13/02
Supreme Soviet of RF passed the bill on demarcation of
Russian-Chinese border (Eastern Sector - 4300km)
25/02
Constant Committee of Chinese National Assembly
passed the same bill
(still with the word "Soviet" instead of "Russian" in order
to "avoid legal complications").
According to the bill:
-
- The islands of Grand Ussuriyskiy and Tabarov (in
27/02 - 02.03
Chief of General Staff of United CIS Forces, Dep.Commander in
Chief of CIS Forces V. Samsonov visited
Agreement: in 1992-93 Russia is to deliver to China
24 Su-27 fighter-interceptor aircrafts.
05/03 - 09/03
Russian Minister of Foreign Economic Relations (P.Aven)
met Dep.Chairman of
Central Military Council (Lu Xuazin)
Discussed:
- bilateral military-technical
collaboration
- a number of contracts
05/03
Intergovernmental Agreement on Most Favored Bilateral Trade and
Economic Cooperation signed.
23/03 - 16/04
Bilateral talks re. the types of arms and
arms' components that were to be reduced in the border area.
July
From some official sources there came information regarding 24
more aircrafts of the same type to be delivered to
27/04 - 04/05
Official visit to
09/07
18 - 19/08
24 - 31/o8
Defence Minister of
Talks with Pavel Grachev (Def.Min. of
Discussed:
- Possible fields of military cooperation (predominantly in
technological field)
- Possible delivery to
- Possible delivery to
- Further arms decrease in NEA region.
8/10
An Agreement signed between
15/10
RF President Yeltsin signed a decree on Russian-Taiwanese
relationship.
Major points:
-
- Details on legal and diplomatic parameters of Russo-Taiwanese
relationship.
18 - 22/10
1st Deputy Defence minister A. Kokoshin paid a visit to
17 - 19/12
Official visit of President Yeltsin to
24 documents signed. Among them:
1. Joint Declaration on the basis of bilateral relations
2. Intergovernmental Agreement on Astronautic partnership
3. Memorandum on mutual understanding between the governments of
4. Memorandum on mutual understanding re. cooperation
in the field of military technology.
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1993
29/01
A bilateral agreement was signed re.:
visiting without obtaining entrance visas for Russian and Chinese citizens
possessing Service and Diplomatic Passports.
5 - 15/04
Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces of
PLAC, Counter-Admiral Xian Lanchung.
June:
Deputy-Chairman of Defence Counsil Lyu Huatsing paid an official
visit of friendship" to
Talks with Prime-Minister Victor
Chernomyrdin and his deputy A. Shokhin.
Major topic: promotion of further bilateral cooperation in the
field of conversion of military industry.
9/06
9 - 17/08
PLAC Chief of Staff Zhan Vanyang paid an official visit to
Talks with Rus. Defence Minister Pavel
Grachev and his deputy A.Kokoshin.
Topics discussed:
- Collaboration in the field of military technology
- Future delivery of Russian military equipment to
23 - 27/08
Group of ships of Russian Pacific Forces paid a visit to Tsigtao
(first one for the last 30 years).
October:
Chief of RF Border Guard Forces visited
Result: parties agreed on preparing documents re.:
collaboration of the two border services.
8 - 11/11
Official visit of RF Defence Minister
Pavel Grachev to
Result: Signed Agreement on 5 year period of military cooperation
between the two Defence Ministries.
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1994
26 - 29/01
RF Foreign Minister Andrey Kozyrev paid a visit to
Agreement re. future visit of the Chairman of
Agreement signed on the checkpoints on Russo-Chinese border aiming
at simplification of the boarder crossing prosedures.
Protocol signed on political consulting meetengs between FA
Ministries of both countries.
5 more documents signed.
10 - 17/03
Both parties presented their reports on the year 1993 and worked
out plans for 1996.
25/03
Result: An agreement signed re.:
cooperation between Russian National Space Agency and Chinese National
Astronautic Administration.
11 - 14/04
CS of Russian Air Forces Colonel-General Michael Kolesnikov paid a
visit to
25/05
Parliamentary hearings in the State Duma re.:
the state of affairs and future perspectives of Russo-Chi. relationships.
14 - 18/05
Group of Russian legislators headed by the Duma Chairman Ivan
Rybkin, visited China.(First visit of Rus. legislators
to
Rybkin met with the Chairman of "The People's Republic od
Discussed: possible new forms of bilateral
cooperation.
17 - 20/06
A group of ships of PLAC Naval Forces paid a visit to
25/06
Seconf Session of Russo-Chinese Comission
on Economic, Trade & Technical Cooperation.
Russia was represented by the Dep.Prime Minister Alex Shokhin
Discussed:
- new forms of bilateral trade
- border trade problems
- cooperation in the field of agriculture
- knowhow transfer
Major spheres of Chinese interests in
1.Space Navigation
2.Chemistry
3.Machinery
4.Pharmacy
5.Transportation
26 - 29/05
Official visit of RF Prime-Min. V.
Chernomyrdin to
Talks to Chinese Prime-Minister Ly Peng and the Chairman of
"The People's Republic od
Agreement signed re.:border regime
between
plus 6 other
documents, among them - "the Agreement on No Double-Taxation and
Cooperation in the Field of Tax Collection"
Major goal of the visit: further development of bilateral economic
and trade cooperation.
Also discussed:
- Border problems
- Peculiatrities of economic reform politics in both countries
27 - 29/06
Official visit to
Talks to Pres. Yeltsin, FA Minister A. Kozyrev and other leaders
of RF.
11 - 16/07
Official visit to
Talks to Russian colleague Pavel Grachev.
An Agreement on "Dangerous Military Actions Prevention"
signed which was aimed at border incidents' prevention.
30/08
and the delegation
of the State Duma (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) headed by the
Deputy-Chairman Alexander Vengerovski.
2 - 6/09
Official visit to RF by the Chairman of
"The People's Republic od
Talks to Pres.B.Yeltsin and PM V.Chernomyrdin;
Meetings with the State Duma Chairman
I.Rybkin and Federation Council speaker Vladimir Shumeiko.
Signed:
- Russo-Chinese Declaration on the
"New Principles of Constructive Bilateral Parthenrship".
-Joint Declaration of President Yeltsin and Chairman Jiang re.: Non-aiming of Strategic Nuclear Head Missiles at Each
Other and N--First-Use of Nuclear Weapons.
Qiang Qeming visited National
3/09
Both FA Ministers (Kozyrev and Tsyang Tsicheng) signed an
Agreement on the Western Sector of Russo-Cinese Border
This Agreement passed through the Federation Council on 05/07/95.
NB.: the Western Sector (Between Xinjiang Uigur Auton. District
and
24 - 28/09
Chinese delegation headed bu the Ambassador Vang Ganghua visited
Transbaykal Military District.
Talks re.: mutual building down arms and
mutual trust promotion in the Frontier area.
1 - 5/11
Commander of Naval Forces of RF, Admiral Felix Gromov paid an
official visit to
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1995
FEBRUARY.
Maritime Territorial Duma (Parliament)started
the session "Regarding the intolerable attempts to break Russo-Chinese
Border Agreement of 1860".
Resolution:
- All demarcation work at the Eastern Sector should be immediately
stopped.
- Special Maritime Comission should be formed to take part in the
talks with the Chinese party.
10/02
14/02
Russian FA officially confirmed the fact of delivery of Russian
submarines to
It also made a statement re. the limited
character of the above delivery.
MARCH:
Official visit to
Discussed: local conflicts and major
principles of Russo-Chinese parthnership.
27/03
"Yabloko" leader Grigory Yavlinsky paid a visit to
4 - 5/04
Cita: Meeting of the representatives of Transbaikal Border Guard
service with their colleagus from the Inner Mongolia Military District.
7 - 9/05
Official visit to
Topics of discussion:
- Promotion of bilateral trade
- Promotion of cooperation in technical, scientific, humanitarian,
cultural and military spheres.
12/05
Russo-Chinese consulting meeting (at the
level of Dep.FA Ministers).
Among the topics discussed:
- Both parties expressed their negative attitude towards the
expansion of NATO
15 - 19/05
Official visit of RF Defence Minister
Grachev to
Grachev visited Nanking, Shanghai, Peijing,
For the first time in history RF Def. Minister met with the
Chairman of "The People's Republic od
Major topic discussed:
Further collaboration in the sphere of
military technology.
17 - 21/06
Document signed by Luzhkov and the Mayor of
JULY
Visit of Chinese military delegation headed by the Commander of
Shengyang Military District Colonel-General Vang Ke.
Meeting with the commander of the Maritime
Military District of RF Colonel-General Victor Chechevatov.
25 - 28/07
Official visit of the Chairman of the
State Council (Prime Minister) Ly Peng to RF.
Meeting with Boris Yeltsin and
Prime-Minister Chernomyrdin.
Signed:
Joint Declaration, plus the Package of 7
documents.
Important!:
The parties agreed on making all birateral trade operations in US
Dollars and other hard currency.
Among the above documents signed: an agreement on the construction
of a bridge accross the Amur (Heilong)river that will
establish connection between the cities of Blagoveschensk and Heihe.Both
sssparties are to invest $US 72.000.000 altogether into the above project.
JUNE
Moscow:
3d Session of Bilateral Intergovernmental Comission ot Economic and Trade Cooperation.
Important:
Both parties agreed on additional certification of the goods
delivered from both countries to each other in order to prevent the delivery of
low quality goods.
AUGUST
One of regular sessions of Russian and Chinese demarcation groups
responsible for the fulfillment of the 1991 Agreement.
The islands of the estuaries of Bira and
14/08
Visit of Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Sun Zheyui àâãóñòà
Goal: realization of the agreements of June-95 signed during the
visit of Ly Peng.
Meeting with his Russian colleague Mikhail
Fradkov.
22 - 26/08
Visit to
Meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Chi
Haotyang, PLAC Chief of Staff Zhan Vanyang and State Security Minister Tao
Syxui.
Agreement on collaboration in the guarding
of joint border.
15/09
One more protocol on cooperation in border guarding was signed
during the visit of Chinese military delegation headed by the Commander of
Heilongjiang Provincial Border District Van Guitqing
21/09
Topics discussed:
- Details on the upcoming visit of Boris Yeltsin to
- International politics with the emphasis on the situation in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
24 - 29/10
Official visit to
Talks with the Chairman of Central
Military Council Lyu Huaqing, his Deputy Chief of General Staff Phu Quang,
Commander of Chinese Air Forces Yui Zhengyu and the representatives of Nanking
Military District Command.
Mentioned: more than 40 Chinese pilots
finished Russian training program and practiced flights on Russian SU-27
aircrafts.
30/10
31/10
Visit to
Goal: Talks with Chin. colleagues re. cooperation in a number of concrete projects.
NOVEMBER
Important events:
1.
NB: In terms of NATO Certification "Warszawyanka" is
similar to the "Kilo" type of submarines.
2.
A group of Chinese military specialists visited
Talks with the "Splav" State company
regarding the delivery of volley-firing missile systems to
27/11
Visit of the delegation of Liberal-Democratic fraction of Russian
Parliament to
30/11
The successful end of all demarcation works at the Eastern Sector
of Russo-Chinese border.The border was moved back to Russian territory for the
distance ranging between 5 and 350 meters.
As a resul, only in Ussuri District of
Maritime Territ. Russians transferred to
2 - 8/12
official visit of Chinese
Governmental delegation to Russia.The head of the delegation was Dep.Chairman
of Central Military Counsil Lu Huaxing.
Goal:
Taking part in the 4th Session of Ru-Chin. Intergovernmental Comission on Military Technological Cooperation.
The group visited military industrial plants in
Talks with Rus. Defence Minister P. Grachev
Discussed : Military
cooperation, tdelivery of weapons and military technology (from
Talks with
Prime Minister V. Chernomyrdin.
Discussed :
- Cooperation in the sphwere of conversion of military industry.
- Cooperation in the field of Space navigation and Astronautics.
- Cooperation in the field of digital technology
- Possible delivery of Russian aircrafts YAK-42 and TU-204 to
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1996
31/01
1st session of Russo-Chinese Demarcation
Comission of the Western Sector.
The head of Russian delegation, Ambassador Henrich Korneyev
mentioned that the session concentratyed on working out various documents
regulating all demarcation works and instructions on border signs and their
positioning.
FEBRUARY
Important events:
- Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Forces General Deykin
mentioned that Russian-Chinese deal on the SU-27 fighter aircrafts also
includes the licence for their production that had been issued to
22/02
President Yeltsin signed a decree on completion of all the
demarcation works in the Eastern sector of Russo-Chinese border.
31/03
Visit to
Meeting with the Chairman of the Federaton
Counsil Yegor Stroyev.
Agreement on constant interparliamentary
contact.
APRIL
INCOMBANK was the first Russian bank to
open its branch in
24 - 26/04
Official visit of President Yeltsin to
15 agreements signed, predominantly in the spheres of
- trade/economic cooperation
- power engineering
- space research
- techniocal/scientific cooperation.
Yeltsin came with an initiative of creating "Russian-Chinese
Committee on Friendship, Peace and Development".
Russia offered to credit China with 2.5 billion $US for the
purchase of Russian-made nuclear power station equipment, as well as for paying
the wages to Russian nuclear specialists contracted by China.
The first Russian-made nuclear power station was to be completed
by October, 1996 in
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Documents signed:
- Joint Russian-Chinese declaration
- Agreement on cooperation in nuclear power sphere
- Agreement on copyright and intellectual property protection
- Agreement on promoting further cooperation in the sphere of
power engineering
- Agreement on cooperation in space research
- Agreement on "Moscow-Beijing Hotline"
- Agreement the Khanka (Xingkai) international park
- Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of sports
- Agreement on cooperation in the field of monetary control
- Agreement on cooperation in antymonopoly programs
- Agreement on economic cooperation cooperation in 1996
- Agreement on cooperation in certifying imported and exported
products
- Agreement on cooperation in prevention of illegal drug and
psychotrophic products' proliferation and misuse
- Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of nuclear security
(between Chinese National Agency for Nuclear Security and Russian Federal
Committee on nuclear security
/Federalnyj Nadzor Rossiji po Yadernoi i Radiotsionnoi
Bezopasnosti/)
25/04
one more
intergovernmental Agreement Signed re. bilateral cooperation in the field of exploiting
natural gas fields of Mainland
Organizations responsible for all the projects covered by the above
agreement:
Russian
1. RF Ministry of Fuels and Power Engineering
2. GAZPROM Joint-stock Company
Chinese
3. Chinese National Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
26/04
Shanghai:
Leaders of
JUNE
Topics discussed:
- Situation on Korean peninsula
- Asia-Pasific security issues
- Integration of
- Situation in South and
15/07
Visit of RF Federal Border Guard Service
Director Andrey Nikolayev to
A package of protocols signed between RF Federal Border Guard
Service and Chinese Security Ministry.
Most of the documents of the package concentrate on regulating
information and experience exchange, as well as on the procedure of bilateral
contacts.
25/07
Meeting of FA Minisrters of RF and
Major topic discussed :
- Interaction of
21/08
Moscow: First conference called " Russia and China:
Perspectives of Cooperaton", organized by the Institute od Actual
International Problems at the Diplomatic Academy of FA Ministry, Hongkong
University and "Chinese Weekley Revue".
major idea of the conference was that some divergence between
Russian and Chinese approach to major problems of the world politics are
temporal and should disappear as a result of "step-by-step adjusting"
mainly by means of intergovernmental consultings and bilateral talks.
SEPTEMBER:
Visit to
Met
with Alxey Koudrin of Presidental Administration.
Visited RF Statistic Chamber and Finance
Ministry.
16 - 21/09
Russian delegation was headed by the State Duma Chairman Gennadiy
Seleznev (communist fraction).
23/09
While taking part in the 51st Session of UNO General Assembly,
Russian FA Minister Primakov met Chinese FA Minister Qian Qicheng.
Signed:
Treaty on Nuclear Tests Prohibition.
23/09
Official visit of the Chairman of Chinese
National Committee of People's Political Consulting Council Ly Zhuihuang to
Meetings with the State Duma Chairman
G.Seleznev and Prime Minister V. Chernomyrdin.
Discussed current work on realization of
April-96 agreements (during the Visit of B. Yeltsin to
Important: Lee Zhiihuang mentioned that
OCTOBER:
Important events:
Visit tio
A protocol signed by Mikhailov and Chinese National Nuclear
Corporation re. the acceleration of construction of
uranium dressing plants (Russian-Chinese joint project).
Also
24/10
Official visit of Federation Counsil
Chairman Yegor Stroyev to
NOVEMBER:
Important events:
Collaboration agreement signed between
Russian INCOMBANK and the Bank of
14 - 19/11
Visit to
The delegation examined Russian polyfunctional combat aircrafts including the latest
version of SU-27 and MiG-31, as well as the examples of the "5th
Generation" of Russian combat aircrafts including the SU-37 fighter and
SU-39 destroyer.
17 - 19/11
Official visit of FA Minister Primakov to
Meetings withj the Chairman of
"People's Republic of
Discussed: "Strategic
cooperation" of
9 - 13/12
A protocol on military technical cooperation signed between RF and
Important: both parties agreed on the delivery of Russian-made
destroyer ships of
"Modern"/"Sovremennyj" type, as well as on modernization of
already existing Chinese combat ships with Russian participation.
10/12
Following the April-96 visit of Yeltsin,a
session of Russian-Chinese comission on Economic Cooperation took place in
An Agreement on bilateral cooperation in the field of
Astronautics, Space Navigation and Space Research was planned for being signed
in future.
26 - 28/12
Ly Peng paid a visit to
Talks with Chernomyrdin.
Signed a Parthnership Agreement between
the Peoples Bank of
The agreement prescribes information exchange and regular
consulting meetings.
The agreemend is concluded for 3-year term with possible
prolongation.
11 - 27/12
22nd round of the talks between Cinese
experts and the joint gdelegation of
An outline of future legal documents defining the amounts of
military personnel at the frontier area was worked out.
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1997
20/01
Dep. FA Ministers Grigory Karasin and Jian Deguan discussed the
transfer of the Soviet-owned real estate property in
01/02
Intergovernmental agreement signed re.the simplification of
border-crossing procedures at the Kani-Kurghan-Changphatuang temporal crossing
point for the personal engaged in the construction of the bridge across
15/04
Official visit to
Rodionov met with Colonel-General Lyu Huaxing of Central Defence
Counsil. (General Lyu is responsible for military technical cooperation with
16/04
An agreement signed between Russian state
"Rosvooruzhenije"Company (involved in arms export/import) and Chinese
Defence Ministry regarding the renovation and fixing of Chinese diesel
submarines at RFE "Zvezda" plant (exact location of the plant is
unknown).
22 - 27/04
Chairman of thwe "People's Rep.of Chinà" Qian Qeming
paid an official visit to
A "Declaration Polypolar World and the
The declaration contains an outline of Russian and Chinese points
of view re. major world problems (in cases when the
Chin. and Russian approach is more or less the same).
Topics discussed during the talks:
- Perspectives of projected Tomsk-Shanghai Trans-Aasian gas
pipeline.
- Projected Russo-Chinese Committee for Friendship, Peace and
Development.
- Military-Techn. cooperation (some
frozen projects released).
24/04
20/05
Russian working group included the
representatives of FA Ministry, Federal Border Guarding Service, FSK (successor
of the KGB), and the administration of
02/06
26 - 28/06
Prime Minister V. Chernomyrdin paid an official visit to
Result: a number of documents signed, among them:
- Economic and Trade agreement for 1997 - 2000 period,
- Economic and Trade Protocol for the year 1997
Chernomyrdin and Lee Peng agreed on sceduling regular annual
meetings between Prime ministers of both countries.
AUGUST
Important!
1.Chinese Demarcation
Group informed Vice-Governor of maritime territory Vladimir Stegniy on its
changed approach: The Chinese dropped their claims to a sector of Russian
territory alongside the Tumannaya (Tumen) river.
2. Agricultural Bank of
Major area of cooperation: financial coverage of imported and
exported goods.
27/08
RF Deputy Prime Minister Jackob Urinson and Dep.Chairman of
Central Military Couincil of
The signature of the protocol was follown by the signature of the
contract between "Rosvooruzhenije" State Co. and the Central Military
Council of China on the delivery of Russian military equipment to China for the
sumtotal of $US 100 million.
06/11
The demarcation of the Eastern Section (4204 km long) of
Russo-Chinese border is complete it includes 1182 border pillars, 24 buoys and
2 gate-signs.
10/11
Re. the above events, the Chairman of
09 - 11/11
Official visit of B.Yeltsin to
on 10/11 Yeltsin
and Qiang Qeming signed the Joint Russo-Chinese Declaration.
Major content points of the declaration:
- the basic principles of Russian-Chinese
relationship
- some joint approaches to international
problems
- joint approach to the border issues
Some more documents were signed among them:
1. Agreement on the Principles of Interregional Cooperation (which
means cooperation on provincial and communal level)
2. Memorandum on Economic Cooperation
3. Memorandum on Technological Cooperation
4. Memorandum on Kovykta gas field of
5. Memorandum on the projected gas pipeline to the Pacific coast
of
6. Agreement on joint economic exploitation of ex-disputed islands
in favor of local inhabitants (see 20/05/97). /In accordance with this
agreement some of the islands went under Chinese juriediction while others
remain Russian. Thus all joint economic activity in the islands and their
aquatoria is to correspond to Russian or Chinese legal regulations. However
each side is to protect the intersets of local inhabitants no matter what
nationality they are/.
7. Agreement on cooperation in the field of diamond cutting (one
more attempt to break a monopoly of De Beers)./According
to that agreement, Russa would like to deliver small-size raw diamonds to
First dep. Prime Min. Boris Nemtsov and Dep.Chairman of the State
Council Ly Lantsing signed a Memorandum on projected gas pipeline from Kovykta
field to
10/11
RF Central Bank and the Peoples Bank of
The agreement is aimed at exchange of information on banking
systems and operations, as well as at creation of really effective system of
cash payments avoiding complicated clearing and barter operations.
According to it, both banks are to collaborate in watching the
activities of other banks and their branches in
10/11
An intergovernmantal agreement was signed re. the
principles of collaboration between the Subjects of RF (provinces, territories,
ethnic republics and ethnic districts) on the one hand and Chinese provinces,
ethnic districts and federal cities on the other hand.
The parties planned to create a Coordination Comittee on
Interregional Cooperation which will promote collaboration on provincial and
communal level.
29/12
Rissian Minister of Nuclear Energy Victor Mikhailov signed a
General Intergovernmental Contract on the construction of Lyangyuan nuclear
power station for the sumtotal of $US 3 billion.It was financially the biggest
international contract of Russia for the whole of the year 1997.
In accordance with this contract, the plants of RF Ministry of
Nuclear Energy (MINATOM)are supposed to deliver to China 2 reactors and 2
turbines (1000 megawatts each), as well as to provide technical assistance in
assembling the station.
There will be altogether 200 MINATOM plants involved in the
project. The assembly work should start in 1999.The object should be ready by
2004-2005.
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1998
27/01
Official visit to
Kokoshin met with
- the Chairman (=Prime Minister) of State
Council Ly Peng
- Dep.Chairman of Central Military Council Jan Vanyang,
- Defence Minister Chi Haotyang
- the Chairman of the Comittee for
Science and Technology Qiao Gangchuan
- State Security Minister Jiang Qungvan
- Civil Security Minister Gao Syqui.
Kokoshin visited Qing Military district, as well as the navy base
in Qihgdao; examined some samples of Chinese military equipment.
17 -18/02
Official visit by the Chairman of the State Council(Prime
Minister) Ly Peng.
Talks with Yeltsin
Result: A number of agreements signed (predominantly on economic
issues).
Also discussed: situation around
17 - 18/04
Visit by the delegation of the Office of the Constant Committee of
Chinese National Assembly headed by Dep.Chairman of the above Committee Zhou
Chengkui.
The Chinese delegation watched the work of the Legislative
Assembly Of
Declaration of the head of Chin.delegation
re. future economic and parliamentary
collaboration with
- joint project in Kovykta gas field
- Cis-Baykal potassium fields
- electroenergy export from
26/05
Chinese ambassador in
Met with governor Leonid Gorbenko.
Discussed: cooperation in the field of
agriculture, ecology and culture.
Chinese group concentrated on the taxation privileges by which
that Russian free economic zone is marked.
9 - 12/06
Visit to
Talks to the Commander-in-Chief of
Provincial Military District of
Subject: cooperation, security.
27/06
Joint session of boards of State Customs Committee(GTK)
and Federal Border Guard Service (FPS) re.: the situation at Russian-Chinese
border.
Major Problem duiscussed: illegal migration of Chinese nationals
into
14/07
Short visit to
Re.:
- Preparation for the first informal meeting of the leaders of
- Scedule of the above meeting.
23 - 28/07
Talks between the 1st Dep.Chief of Staff of RF Military Forces
(VSRF) Col.-General Valery Manilov and the Chief of Staff of PLAC Phu Xuanyu
and his deputy Sun Huangkai.
Major topics discussed:
- Military cooperation
- Situation in Asia-Pacific area and
25/07
Official visit of FA Minister Primakov to
Talks to
- Chinese FA Minister Tang Xiansuan
- the Chairman of Mainland
- Chairman of State Counsil (=Prime Minister)Zhu
Zhunxi.
Vists to:
- the Sanya free economic zone
-
Talks to the Vice-Governor of
Major goal of the visit:
- Preparation for the first informal meeting of the leaders of
- "Strategic parthnership" of Ru
and
15/09
A delegation Of VNESHEKONOMBANK signed an agreement with the Bank
of
Topics discussed:
- Deliveruy of Russian equipment as a compensation of the
- Special account opened by the Bank of
(Projected commodity circulation for the future 7 years should
reach 3 billion $US)
- Opening of a branch of VNESHEKONOMBANK in
21/10
Visit of RF Defence Minister îêòÿáðÿ Igor Sergeyev to
Talks to:
- Chinese Defence Minister
Xi Haotyang
- Dep.Chairmen of Central
Military Council Zhan Vanyang
Topics discussed:
-
- Bilateral military cooperation.
25 - 30/10
Official visit of the delegation of the State Duma headed by the
Chairman of thr Duma Gennady Seleznev (communist fraction).
Talks to the leadership of
Visited
Seleznev promised to revise Russian legislation on free economic
zones.
7 - 14/11
Visit of RF Supreme Court Chairman
Vyacheslaw Lebedev.
Collaboration agreement signed by Lebedev
and the Chinese Supreme Court Chairman Syao Yang.
Some important points of the agreement:
- Information exchange
- Project on joint staff of lawyers.
22 - 24/11
Visit of The Chairman of "the
People's Republic of
Talks with
1. President Yeltsin "without neckties" (for the first
time in the history of bilatertal relations) This was
the 6th meeting of the two leaders.
2. Prime-Minister Primakov (the new one)
3. The Chairman of the State Duma (Lower chamber of the Parliament
of RF) Gennady Seleznev.
4. The Chairman of the Federation Counsil (Upper chamber of the
Parliament of RF)
Yegor Stroyev.
Result: the Declaration called "Russian-Chinese Relations at
the edge of the 21st Century" which is a sort of demagogical description
of the "coordinated apporoach" to major problems of modern world,
"strategic tendencies of bilateral cooperation".
Some more concrete topics of the declaration were:
- nuclear arms downbuilding,
- joint support of UNO activities,
- joint support of globalization and
regionalization processes in world economy,
- joint protest against economic pressing
in politics,
- joint support of stabilization in
Afghanistan & Kosovo,
etc...
Both parties also made a joint declaration on border issues in
which they praized the completion of the demarcation of the Western sector of their
joint border. Now for the first time in history there is a physically
demarcated border between the two countries.
24/11
Official visit to Novosibirsk by The Chairman of Mainland China
and the Secretary General of the Communist Party of China Qiang Qeming (invited
by Novosibirsk Governor Victor Mukha).
Qiang Qeming visited the University campus and a number of the
research centers of the Siberian Branch of
Background Information:
1.
2.
Major products of
- machinery products
- metall rolling products
- timber products
Major products of Chinese export to
- consumer goods
- foods products
There are at least 111 ventures with Chinese investment
predominantly engaged in trade and intermediaryactivity.
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ADDENDUM:
SOME USEFUL INFORMATION
1.BORDERS
The total length of the
former Soviet-Chinese border was about 7500 km.
The
total length of the Eastern Sector of Russo-Chin. border
is 4300 km, 3700 km among them passing across lakes and rivers.
The total length of the Western
Sector of Russo-Chin. border is 55km
(Altai territory)
2.BILATERAL TRADE
The sources in RF Foreign Trade Ministry provide information that
The sources in the
Customs Directorate of China indicate that for the period of 01/98 to 10/98 the
commodity circulation between the two countries reached the sumtotal of $US 4.4
billion.
In the year 1997, the
level of commodity circulation between the two countries was $
The year 1997 was marked
by an increased activity of the "Shuttle Trade operations. After the
"Registration Bill" issued by Yeltsin in the middle of 1997, most of
the "Shuttles" registrated their businesses and went on with their trade.
(In accordance with the "Registration Bill", all the deals between
During the years 1997 and 1998 the level of the so called
"Shuttle Trade" was about $US 1.5 billion per year.
The last three years were marked with the increase of
export of Russian machinery, aircrafts and know-how to
Russian specialists are involved in more than 13 construction and
reconstruction projects for the sumtotal of $US 3 billion.
The sources in the
Ministry of Foreign Trade of
However an average share of Russian participaton in the above
venmtures is below the average foreign share in all Chinese-foreign joint
ventures.
The amount of all Russian investments in Mainland
Some competent Chinese sources indicate that the years 1997 and 98
were marked by the tendency of decrease of Russo-Chinese bilateral trade with
an average decrease of 2.7% per annum. At the same time Russian import from
As of today,
3. RUSSIAN MILITARY BUILD-DOWN IN THE CHINESE FRONTIER
Ex-Defence Minister of RF General Igor Rodionov indicated that
during the year 1998
In accordance with the military build-down plan, the Transbaykal
and Siberian Military Districts should merge by the year 1999. The center of
the new Military District will be in
MAJOR SOURCE: RIA "NOVOSTI" HOTLINE
1/98 to 10/98 the commodity circulation between the two countries
reached the sumtotal of $US 4.4 billion.